Top Ten Things to Do in Cooperstown

Fun Activities in the Cooperstown Area

1. Visit five state parks and enjoy miles of beautiful forest trails located right in the heart of Otsego County. Bike, pedal, paddle, rock climb, snow shoe, cross-country ski and camp.
2. Discover baseball's rich 150-year history at National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Don't drive - hop on the trolley to tour Cooperstown all day long for only $3.
3. Take yourself out to a ballgame at Doubleday Field.
4. Tour the extraordinary Fenimore Art Museum along with 30 other museums and galleries.
5. Attend the internationally acclaimed Glimmerglass Festival.
6. Treasure hunt for antiques at more than 50 shops in and around Cooperstown.
7. Tour the sylvan countryside that inspired James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales and The Last of the Mohicans.
8. Spend a day on the farm at The Farmers' Museum. Make a real fire the way nineteenth-century homesteaders did, cook over the fire preparing a meal from period recipes using natural farm fresh ingredients. Make a batch of soap, dip candles and make cheese - all in a day!
9. Tour the Cooperstown Beverage Trail to sample locally made brews at Ommegang and Cooperstown and taste America's oldest beverage at the historic Fly Creek Cider Mill.
10. Catch live theater at the Oneonta Theatre, a re-furbished 19th century theater, or at Foothills Performing Arts Center, a brand new venue for entertainment of all types!